Community: Polls

Do you think the latest round of public comments on the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule stand to help or hinder its progress toward full implementation? Tell us why or why not in the comment section.

Anthony Scaramucci was Donald Trump's White House communications director for a mere 10 days. The "Mooch" was a famous critic of the DOL's fiduciary rule and likely would not have been shy about telling the president his views on financial regulation. With Mooch apparently now out of the administration, how will this affect financial regulation policy generally, and the DOL rule in particular? Tell us your reasoning in the comments section.

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More Pro-Regs: The White House will be more pro-financial regulation and the DOL rule.

5%

More Anti-Regs: The White House will be more anti-financial regulation and the DOL rule.

91%

No change: The Mooch was never going to have much say in Trump's financial regulation stance anyway.

Wells Fargo is in trouble again. This time over an apparently mistaken data dump that supposedly identifies tens of thousands of wealthy retail brokerage clients by name, Social Security number and holdings. Will the Wells Fargo brand recover? Tell us why or why not in the comment section below.

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Last week, in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the DOL filed papers effectively dropping its defense of the fiduciary rule’s class-action lawsuit provision. While the department insists it will defend the rule against an onslaught of legal attacks, is this nonetheless a sign the DOL's support for the rule is diminishing?

After a bumpy ride — and more sure to come — the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule finally rolled out for partial implementation last Friday. But do clients know or care about the definition of a fiduciary, new disclosure rules or best interest contract exemption forms? Have you had any queries from your clients about any of these things? Give us specifics in the comments section.